Milk-can filler.



G. A. PATTON.

MILK CAN FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17,1912.

1 ,081 ,982, Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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O. A. PATTON.

MILK CAN FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1912 1,081,982, Patented Dec. 23, 1913.

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CHARLES ARTHUR IPATTON, OF VILLA RIDGE, MISSOURI.

MILK-CAN FILLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 23,1913.

Application filed August 17, 1912. Serial No. 715,687.

To all 2071071), it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES A. PATTON, aeit-izenof the United States, and resident of Villa Ridge, Franklincounty, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMilk-Can Fillers, of which the following is a specification containing afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improved milk can filler, and consists in thenovel construction hereinafter described and expressly designated in theappended claims.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved milk can fillerwhich will operate automatically to direct a stream of milk flowing froma reservoir can into first one milk can and then another, whereby thetime of the attendant will be greatly eoonomized, relieving him from thenecessity of standing and watching the cans to be filled, in order topreventtheir overflow and consequent waste of milk.

In the drawings: Figure l is a sectional front elevation of my improvedmilk can filler in operation; Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation ofthe automatic filling spout and its supporting bracket, and Fig. 3 is asectional front viewcf the parts last mentioned, portions being brokenaway to economize in drafting space.

The numeral 1 indicates a reservoir can, supported, as usual, uponbrackets 2 provided with a common faucet 3 for controlling the flow ofmilk from said reservoir can. Pivotally mounted centrally of its lengthby means of pivots at at a point beneath said faucet 3 is a rockableautomatic filling spout 5, which is preferably U-shaped in crosssection. At each end of said filling spout'is mounted a guard'or funnel5 to direct the stream of milk downwardly into the can. The said guard 5is preferably adjustably mounted upon the upper section of the floatstem 10, and by loosening the set screw 5 the said guard may be adjustedupwardlv and downwardly upon said stem, as required. The said guard 5 isalso provided with an opening 5 in its lower portion to permit exit ofthe milk. Said pivots 4 project opposite each other from the frontportion of a supporting bracket 6. which is of course to be secured tothe wall or to some other suitable support at a point beneath saidreservoir can 1. Soldered, or likewise secured to the under surface ofthe said rockable filling spout 5 and extending parallel with the sameis acontainer 7 for any suitable movable weight, such as common shot 8.Of course this movable weight 8 may be in the form of shot, sand,gravel, or any suitable granular material, or even a liquid.

Suspended from each end of the rockable filling spout 5 is a float 9,which is preferably conical in form, although any other form of floatmay be used. The floats 9 are each provided with a stem 10, at the upperend of which is formed a book 11 for pivotally engaging the loop 12secured to the under surface of the said spout, so that the float stemswill always hang perpendicularly during the oscillation of the saidrockable spout. The said float stems 10 are preferably made in twotelescopic sections, so that they may be adjusted in length for fillingmilk cans of various heights. .1 have shown the lower sections of thestems 10 adjustably mounted within the upper sections and held thereinby set screws 10, so that the sections of each stem may be relativelyadjusted in length.

The operation is as follows: The milk cans to be filled are placed in arow in a plane below the rockable filling spout 5, and a float 9 isadjusted to enter the neck of the can beneath it. The relative positionsof the parts at the beginning of the filling operation are those inwhich they are shown in Fig. 1. at which time the right hand end of thefilling spout 5 is depressed. and the float 9 is located within the neckof the milk can at the right hand side of the drawing. The body of shot8, forming the mov able i weight Within the filling spout container 7,when the said spout is in the position shown, will have gravitated tothe right hand end of said container and will therefore hold thecontainer and the filling spout in the positions in which they areshown. The attendant now opens the faucet to permil; a stream of milk toflow into the filling spout 5, from whence it will be directed into themilk can at the right hand of the drawing and will continue to runthereinto until the canis sufficiently filled, whereupon the float'9will be raised by the rising milk within said can, and willcorrespondingly elevate the right hand end of the rockable spout 5 andthe container 7, until the movable weight 8 gravitates toward theopposite end of the said container. The said I movable weight will thuschange the center of gravity of said rockable spout and it will assumethe position in which it is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, 'and thestream of milk will vbe automatically cut ofi from the milk can .at theright hand of the figure and directed into another milk can at theright-hand of the figure, until the last mentioned can is filled,whereupon the parts will again assume the positions in which they areshown by full lines. After a can has been thus filled with milk, theattendant removes the filled can and places another empty can inposition to be filled in like manner.

I claim:

1. The improved milk can filler, comprising a rockable filling spoutpivotally mounted, floats adapted to rock said spout during theoperation of filling milk cans, float stems telescopically adjustable inlength and connect-ing said floats to said rockable filling spout, aguard at the end antennae of said spout, means for securing said guardto one of said float-stems, a cylindrical of said rockable spout andextending long1- 'tudinally thereof to a point adjacent the ends of saidspout, and a suitable movable weight within said weight-container,

2. The improvedcan filler, comprising a movable-spout adapted to receivea stream of liquid from a source of supply, a float connected to saidspout and adapted to control themovementsthereof, a guard at the end ofsaid spout to direct the liquid into the can to be filled, a stem forsaid float, and means arranged to adjustably secure said guard upon saidstem.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name ..to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES ARTHUR PATTON.

Witnesses:

' lFnneUs H. DISHARooN,

Juno W. QRAM,

